Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of February 2023
See our best Omaha staff photos & videos from February 2023
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People watch as Victor Benjamin works on a sculpture of Chief Big Elk at the KANEKO on Wednesday. It will eventually be placed at the newly renovated Lewis & Clark Landing at The RiverFront.
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Omaha Zoo CEO Luis Padilla announces an update to the Hubbard Orangutan Forrest on Friday.
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Creighton's Morgan Maly and her team celebrate a second-half three-point basket against St. John's on Saturday.
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Victor Benjamin works on a sculpture of Chief Big Elk at the KANEKO on Wednesday. It will eventually be placed at the newly renovated Lewis & Clark Landing at The RiverFront.
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Victor Benjamin shapes clay in his hand as he works on a sculpture of Chief Big Elk at the KANEKO on Wednesday.
Mitchell, McDermott hug
Creighton's Shereef Mitchell (4) walks off the court with head coach Greg McDermott following the UConn vs. Creighton men's basketball game in Omaha on Saturday. Creighton won the game 56-53.
Legacy Crossing move
Sarah Nocita hugs her son, Michael Baker, as they move into a new place in northwest Omaha on Thursday. They were tenants of the Legacy Crossing Apartments before being forced to move after the City of Omaha shut down the complex in December.
Flower shop
Haley Quall, right, and Lisa Mueller prepare flower arrangements for Valentine's Day in the greenhouse at Janousek Florist in Omaha on Monday. The family-owned florist expects to have about 700 orders for the holiday.
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Maria Sosa teaches a Folklórico class at the Hispanic Arts Center inside the former Center Theater located at 3504 Center Street on Tuesday.
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Sutherland's Grady Dempcy is introduced before he takes on David City Aquinas's Grady Romshek for the Class D during the state final 106 pound match on Saturday.
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Snow still covers fields as the sun starts to set near Wynot, Nebraska on Thursday.
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A pedestrian crosses east on 13th Street at Harney Street during a winter storm on Thursday.
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A pedestrian crosses west on 17th Street at Douglas Street in the rain on Tuesday.
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Omaha's Ty Mueller gets a first-half shot past Colorado College goalie Kaidan Mbereko's left hand in the first period to put UNO up 1-0 on Friday. Also on the play is Colorado College's Noah Laba, top right, and Nicklas Andrews, bottom left.
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Millard South's Miles Anderson, left, walks away after pinning Lincoln East's Joshua Shaner during the Class A state final 126 pound match on Saturday.
Carved in clay, Chief Big Elk of the Omaha Tribe stood tall, a traditional roach headdress on his head, his stance and expression conveying a combination of strength and compassion.
OPPD is upgrading a high voltage line along about three miles of west Omaha, removing the trees in the path of the line.Â
Leevi Johnson was enamored with law enforcement. At one point he was sworn in as an honorary officer by a local police department. Â
On loan from the Descendants of DeWitty, Nebraska, organization, this traveling exhibit displays 27 photographs sharing the history of the people of DeWitty, the largest African American settlement in Nebraska.
The group formed after OPPD announced last year that it wouldn't be shutting down the coal plant this year, despite a previous commitment to do so.
Former Husker coach Tom Osborne urged lawmakers not to allow betting on Husker home football games and other in-state games played by Nebraska college and university teams.
A bill in the Nebraska Legislature would extend workers' comp to people who sustained mental injuries as a result of workplace violence even if they weren't physically injured.
A Nebraska bill would restrict access to K-12 school bathrooms and locker rooms on the basis of biological sex and would add similar restrictions to most school sports teams.
Guy Fieri's Kitchen + Bar is set to open in May at Harrah's Council Bluffs Hotel and Casino. The restaurant comes as part of a $22 million plan.
From flooding to drought to infectious diseases, the adverse health effects of climate change already are evident in Nebraska, experts say. And they warn that 'those changes will only get greater.'
The U.S. government fined Packers Sanitation Services $1.5 million this week for illegally employing minors, including at three meatpacking plants in Nebraska.
A group of Nebraska collaborators laid out a series of goals for reducing Nebraska's infant mortality rate by increasing the percentage of pregnant women who receive early and adequate prenatal care.Â
Former Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass was sentenced to nine months in prison on a misdemeanor charge of civil rights conspiracy for harassing and stalking his estranged wife's new boyfriend.Â
As many as 80,000 Nebraskans could lose Medicaid coverage as the COVID public health emergency ends and the state resumes annual eligibility reviews.
The cause of death has not been determined, but officials say he was being treated for a medical condition.
XP League Omaha, at 2563 S. 171st Court, held their grand opening Saturday, inviting youth gamers, ages 8 to 17, of all skill levels to their pro-level and coach-led esports experience.
Area residents can take steps at home to improve indoor air quality, regardless of what type of industrial, rural or urban pollution may be circulating outside their homes.
Hy-Vee has suspended its employee discount program and plans to revamp it by mid-April after the company found cases of fraud and misuse.
Milagros Lopez, 23, of Omaha, died at the Nebraska Medical Center after being found in alley behind her home near 23rd and Castelar streets around 3 a.m. Thursday, police said.
A fund-raising campaign has been started for the family of a Herman, Nebraska, woman and infant who were killed Friday in a single-vehicle crash in Washington County.Â
The mother of Ryan Larsen, who disappeared in 2021 at the age of 11, argued in court Tuesday that circumstances point toward him no longer being alive.Â
Beginning June 15, passengers will be able to fly nonstop between Omaha and Austin, Texas, via Allegiant.
